Yesterday
After Trump’s rebuke, Washington insider backs Albanese’s war effort
The US president hit out at Australia’s war effort, as he again extended a deadline for Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants.
This Month
Stand up to whinging gas giants
Readers’ letters on a controversial drawing in The Australian Financial Review, gas tax, replacing Jacinta Allan, and self-managed superannuation funds.
Deal overshadowed by the chaos of war
The EU-Australia agreement allowed Anthony Albanese to argue that free trade is not dead in the Trump era. But the turmoil in the Middle East is overwhelming.
Farmers slam EU deal as worst for Australian agriculture
The industry has accused Canberra of locking in low export quotas for red meat, thus handing it a disadvantage against rivals such as New Zealand and Canada.
Iran taps ‘corrupt commander’ Mohammad Ghalibaf to make deal
Mohammad Ghalibaf, an enforcer close to the new supreme leader, may be the only figure who could sell a climb down to Tehran’s hardliners.
Israel launches new wave of attacks on Tehran
The IDF has launched “a wide-scale wave of strikes” on infrastructure targets in the Iranian capital as US command chief warned civilians to “stay inside”.
China touts itself as ‘harbour of stability’ to global CEOs
Premier Li Qiang told more than 70 business leaders gathered in Beijing that the world’s second-largest economy offered a predictable commercial environment.
Anthony Albanese on Iran is no John Howard on Iraq
The comparison with the Iraq war in 2003 is stark. While the result was disastrous, no voter could be in any doubt that John Howard believed in what he was doing.
The Iran war may not be won by the side that’s more powerful
The Islamic Republic has been smashed, but it has not collapsed. Two weeks into the conflict, the regime remains resilient and continues to inflict global costs.
Australian businessman was Chinese spy asset
Alexander Csergo has been found guilty of reckless foreign interference by a jury who deliberated for just over eight hours.
Ignore the headlines. The global order isn’t dead, it’s being reset
The dominant narrative today is one of chaos. Yet, much of what we are seeing is not disorder, but disruption with purpose.
TACO on Iran will come too late for Trump
The US president has already done lasting damage to international trust in America after his foray into the Islamic Republic.
Ignore the critics. Trump has a plan for the Iran war
America’s goals will take time to accomplish. Our accelerated culture expects instantaneous results that are unrealistic in a war context.
Starmer’s foreign policy is about politics – and a warning for Australia
When establishment parties are genuinely destabilised by their flanks in Australia, the economic consequences will be felt well beyond the ballot box.
Will Trump finally get his Nobel Peace Prize?
Iranians may remember Trump as the president who took on some of history’s most brutal dictators and gave their countries a genuine chance at something better.
Carney on recruitment drive for middle powers to write new rules
Mark Carney wants middle powers to help write new rules of behaviour now that the former international order has been destroyed. But how realistic are his ambitions?
‘World is changing’: Albanese joins Carney’s call for new global order
Canadian PM urges a strategic counterweight to the US and China, but analysts say the push for greater middle-power diplomacy creates a dilemma for Australia.
Australia deploys military planes to the Middle East
The two aircraft are part of contingency plans to evacuate Australian citizens stranded as a result of Iranian missile and drone strikes.
It used to be China, now the US is the hegemon in the room
Australia has endorsed Mark Carney’s view that the rules-based order is dead and that its chief architect bears much of the blame.
Albanese still trailing Carney on middle-powers leadership
The Canadian leader’s speech provides another opportunity for our PM not to lead or think.
